Of rewards.
Yet another method of preventing crimes is, to reward virtue. Upon this
subject the laws of all nations are silent. If the rewards proposed by
academies for the discovery of useful truths have increased our knowledge,
and multiplied good books, is it not probable that rewards, distributed by
the beneficent hand of a sovereign, would also multiply virtuous actions.
The coin of honour is inexhaustible, and is abundantly fruitful in the hands
of a prince who distributes it wisely.